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MEXICOWANDERER
Sep 10, 2017Explorer
Shasta Gary x2
I had a radiator fan motor quit on me waiting in line to cross the border. Took 22 engine restarts to clear the US Customs booth. I know better than to try and stare down an electrical problem. I went on a three mile spurt to a Harbor Fright Store and purchased a $4.95 volt meter. Ten minutes later, diagnostics complete. A bad fan motor not a fuse not a bad ground connection or a relay or a sensor. Since fan motors are non existent down here I hired what turned out to be an idiot to install new brushes last February. Yeehah one hand and a bad disc. Anyway, it's fruitless to try and outguess a simple test light or meter.
My abilities on my work bench are hardly hindered thanks to a THIRD HAND plus another flex clamp I made plus an assortment of hemostats.
I had a radiator fan motor quit on me waiting in line to cross the border. Took 22 engine restarts to clear the US Customs booth. I know better than to try and stare down an electrical problem. I went on a three mile spurt to a Harbor Fright Store and purchased a $4.95 volt meter. Ten minutes later, diagnostics complete. A bad fan motor not a fuse not a bad ground connection or a relay or a sensor. Since fan motors are non existent down here I hired what turned out to be an idiot to install new brushes last February. Yeehah one hand and a bad disc. Anyway, it's fruitless to try and outguess a simple test light or meter.
My abilities on my work bench are hardly hindered thanks to a THIRD HAND plus another flex clamp I made plus an assortment of hemostats.
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